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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Djibouti

Citizens of Djibouti get a Sri Lanka visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Djibouti: the passport opens 17 countries visa-free; Djibouti — Colombo: ≈ 4,060 km, about 5.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Sri Lanka without a visa on a Djibouti passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Djibouti get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Sri Lanka visa rules at a glance

With a Djibouti passport you can visit 17 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 54 with an e-visa; 101 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Djibouti passport ranks 177th of 199.
Djibouti passport: visa-free access to 17 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Djibouti and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Djibouti. Djibouti visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Djibouti — Colombo: about 4,060 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2.5 hours.
Local time: Djibouti 12:00 — Colombo 14:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 61st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Djibouti.